--- loncom/lond	2006/01/17 21:00:00	1.305
+++ loncom/lond	2006/01/21 08:26:52	1.306
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.305 2006/01/17 21:00:00 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.306 2006/01/21 08:26:52 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.305 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.306 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -2895,22 +2895,39 @@ sub dump_with_regexp {
 
     my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
 
-    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$regexp)=split(/:/,$tail);
+    my ($udom,$uname,$namespace,$regexp,$range)=split(/:/,$tail);
     if (defined($regexp)) {
 	$regexp=&unescape($regexp);
     } else {
 	$regexp='.';
     }
+    my ($start,$end);
+    if (defined($range)) {
+	if ($range =~/^(\d+)\-(\d+)$/) {
+	    ($start,$end) = ($1,$2);
+	} elsif ($range =~/^(\d+)$/) {
+	    ($start,$end) = (0,$1);
+	} else {
+	    undef($range);
+	}
+    }
     my $hashref = &tie_user_hash($udom, $uname, $namespace,
 				 &GDBM_READER());
     if ($hashref) {
         my $qresult='';
+	my $count=0;
 	while (my ($key,$value) = each(%$hashref)) {
 	    if ($regexp eq '.') {
+		$count++;
+		if (defined($range) && $count >= $end)   { last; }
+		if (defined($range) && $count <  $start) { next; }
 		$qresult.=$key.'='.$value.'&';
 	    } else {
 		my $unescapeKey = &unescape($key);
 		if (eval('$unescapeKey=~/$regexp/')) {
+		    $count++;
+		    if (defined($range) && $count >= $end)   { last; }
+		    if (defined($range) && $count <  $start) { next; }
 		    $qresult.="$key=$value&";
 		}
 	    }